Compare the amount of gossip that goes on in the group with the amount of confession. The two can’t exist side by side. You won’t find people’s weaknesses being whispered about in corners when they are not trying to hide them. Sin always thrives in the shadows, and where people are learning the freedom of authenticity, there are fewer shadows in which to hide. Those who hide their own weaknesses, however, will make sport of highlighting the weaknesses of others. Such easy sport it is too! Since we